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Is Millville Honey Crunch N Oats ultra-processed?

18 oz Crunchy cereal clusters Sold in the United States

Pack of Millville Honey Crunch N Oats

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed crunchy cereal clusters

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Degermed yellow corn, wheat, sugar, rolled oats, rice, canola oil, soybean oil, corn syrup, salt, barley malt extract, molasses, cinnamon, honey, caramel color, natural flavor, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, zinc oxide, thiamin mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Degermed yellow corn, whole grain wheat, sugar, whole grain rolled oats, rice, canola oil and/or soybean oil, corn syrup, salt, barley malt extract, molasses, cinnamon, honey, caramel color, natural flavor, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, zinc oxide, thiamin mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid. Contains wheat.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 72 crunchy cereal clusters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 52nd. 81% of the crunchy cereal clusters here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 72 crunchy cereal clusters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061462410598, last edited 15 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.